The Chronicles of Severian

[Jack the Ripper]

Hello,

 

First, I introduce myself : My name is Stéphanie, I'm a girl, I'm 23 years old and I'm a modder from the most important french community about Baldur's Gate 2, "La Couronne de Cuivre" (you can translate : "The Copper Coronet").

 

And today, after six months of hard work, I would like to present you the results around "The Chronicles of Severian", a new Stalker for Baldur's Gate 2 (SoA + ToB). But first, let's tell more about the Character:

 

Name : Stark

Surname : Severian

Age : 25

Alignment : Chaotic neutral

Class : Highwayman (a new kit of Ranger, "Highwayman" is the most approaching translation but not exact)

Race : Half-Shadow (he is a Planar, no relation with Faerun)

 

A new kit of class, a new race, new items, a romance (only for women elf, half-elf and human), a friendship (for women and men), a familiar, an epic story in four chapters (SoA + ToB), a big soundtrack (more than 15 titles), a lot of banters and interjects...

 

And now, I invite you in discovering the trailer of The Chronicles of Severian on Youtube, and after that, three screens. About the soundtrack, you can heard some extracts watching the trailer.

 

And actually, what is the progress of the mod? The Chronicles are actually in beta-version 2.5, around 50% of the mod is done. There is again a lot of work, but the mod should be available beginning 2009. Be careful : the mod is actually not translated in english because of a lot of work. On this subject, I'm looking for some nice native english speakers for checking my translations from french to english...Just contact me here. It would be very, very nice.

 

I hope you will appreciate my work. Any questions or comments are welcome, I will stay around here if you need some precisions.

 

P.S : if there is any mistake of translation in my trailer, please tell me.

 

THE TRAILER

 

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=GNcoCxdbfRI

 

SOME SCREENS

 

 

Tame Blaidd, the Shadow Wolf

 

Live the passion in the arms of Severian

 

Defend your life in epics confrontations

[Amgot]

Impressionant le trailer! Bon courage!

[muffin-tacos]

This is a very interesting idea! I like it. I wouldn't mind to find out more about it. Some spoilers perhaps?

 

Edit: He's very handsome too, isn't he. Hehe.

[muffin-tacos]

I liked the trailer too, by the way. It was very dramatic!

[Jack the Ripper]

@Amgot : Congratulations, your french is good ! And it's 'Impressionnant', with two 'n'. Thanks for your support.

 

@Muffin-Tacos : Severian told me that it would be a pleasure if you accepted to dine in candlelight with him...

 

 

Concerning any spoil, of course I can tell more about the mod, but with caution.^^

 

I will begin with the portraits:

 

SEVERIAN STARK

 

BLAIDD, THE SHADOW WOLF

 

Around the kit, in fact it's "Highwayman", I made a mistake, "Hunter" being the old name of the kit. I must translate it in english for you but I can already say that he has special abilities like 'Improved Invisibility', 'True sight' and others...that you will discover later.

Concerning his race, he is a planar, coming from the world "Elandor", exile on Toril. He is the son of a Shadow and a human but his story, you will have to reveal it, too.

A little about his personnality, now:

 

- A furtive fighter, charmer and fine blade, who spent his life on the road, as a highwayman.

- Like the apples, the beer, the courtesans and smoke the pipe

- Optimistic, sarcastic, sometimes disenchanted

- His best friend : Blaidd the Shadow wolf

 

The mod Severian, as you can see on the trailer and on the screens, comes with some enemys...I hope you will appreciate the confrontations.

 

And about the romance, which can interest you, Muffin-Tacos, : more than 15 long dialogs of romance with items and cutscenes, for SoA (for ToB, I don't know how many, at the moment).

[Jack the Ripper]

I have the pleasure to announce that the translation from french to english has just begun with a team of three members : Red Knight and Bloody Mary as french, and Melora from PPG as english native speaker. Then you can expect the mod for the end of 2008 (for Christmas would be perfect).

[Ankhesenpaaten]

I have the pleasure to announce that the translation from french to english has just begun with a team of three members : Red Knight and Bloody Mary as french, and Melora from PPG as english native speaker. Then you can expect the mod for the end of 2008 (for Christmas would be perfect).

 

 

Sounds just wonderful! I'm very much looking forward to it.

[ericp07]

I have the pleasure to announce that the translation from french to english has just begun with a team of three members : Red Knight and Bloody Mary as french, and Melora from PPG as english native speaker. Then you can expect the mod for the end of 2008 (for Christmas would be perfect).

 

 

Sounds just wonderful! I'm very much looking forward to it.

 

Moi aussi! This mod looks fabulous, and if any editing services for English text are desired, I hereby volunteer (je parle, lis, et ecris le francais aussi).

 

Happy modding,

Eric

[Jack the Ripper]

Moi aussi! This mod looks fabulous, and if any editing services for English text are desired, I hereby volunteer (je parle, lis, et ecris le francais aussi).

 

Happy modding,

Eric

 

Hello Eric,

 

Modder and french speaker...Wow, interesting

 

Concerning the translation of the mod, I have two french for the translation from french to english, and one english native speaker for proof reading of the translation, so at the moment, I need a member who could translate from french to english, or for proof reading of the translation...You can do the two tasks if you want...Just send me a pm here if interested...Thanks for your help, it's very nice.

 

Best regards

 

And thanks for your support, Ankhesenpaaten

[Guest LoveWarCoffee]

I think it's really fantastic that there's crossover from the French modding community. I applaud your efforts, from what I've seen the mod looks utterly fantastic. I'm more than willing to help with translation, although unfortunately the only non-english language I speak is Russian.

 

The major question, and it has to be asked, is whether or not the mod is a WeiDU install? Does it overwrite the dialog.tlk file? I hope you're not offended by my asking, but I just want to make sure!

 

~LWC~

[Jack the Ripper]

I think it's really fantastic that there's crossover from the French modding community. I applaud your efforts, from what I've seen the mod looks utterly fantastic. I'm more than willing to help with translation, although unfortunately the only non-english language I speak is Russian.

 

The major question, and it has to be asked, is whether or not the mod is a WeiDU install? Does it overwrite the dialog.tlk file? I hope you're not offended by my asking, but I just want to make sure!

 

~LWC~

 

Hello

 

I have members enough for the proof reading (Melora, and maybe Eric) but if you know some russian translators, or if you can translate yourself for russian, I will be happy to give you some texts to translate from english to russian.

 

And yes, as a mod from the new generation, The Chronicles of Severian is a WeiDU mod, I forgot to clarify this point.

 

At the moment, I'm waiting for the translation of the kit, then I will be able to tell you more about this Ranger and some other things if you want.

 

Best regards

[ericp07]

I think it's really fantastic that there's crossover from the French modding community. I applaud your efforts, from what I've seen the mod looks utterly fantastic. I'm more than willing to help with translation, although unfortunately the only non-english language I speak is Russian.

 

The major question, and it has to be asked, is whether or not the mod is a WeiDU install? Does it overwrite the dialog.tlk file? I hope you're not offended by my asking, but I just want to make sure!

 

~LWC~

 

Hello

 

I have members enough for the proof reading (Melora, and maybe Eric) but if you know some russian translators, or if you can translate yourself for russian, I will be happy to give you some texts to translate from english to russian.

 

And yes, as a mod from the new generation, The Chronicles of Severian is a WeiDU mod, I forgot to clarify this point.

 

At the moment, I'm waiting for the translation of the kit, then I will be able to tell you more about this Ranger and some other things if you want.

 

Best regards

 

 

Very reassuring that this will be a WeiDU mod! Will an OS X version be offered? While this is not necessary (due to my mad install skillz *L*), it is always helpful for us Mac users

 

Happy modding,

Eric

[Jack the Ripper]

Very reassuring that this will be a WeiDU mod! Will an OS X version be offered? While this is not necessary (due to my mad install skillz *L*), it is always helpful for us Mac users

 

Happy modding,

Eric

 

I had forgotten to mention the problem of the Mac... I don't know how anything about the programmation for Mac...But I will do my best for the Mac users, I promise.

[ericp07]

 

Very reassuring that this will be a WeiDU mod! Will an OS X version be offered? While this is not necessary (due to my mad install skillz *L*), it is always helpful for us Mac users

 

Happy modding,

Eric

 

I had forgotten to mention the problem of the Mac... I don't know how anything about the programmation for Mac...But I will do my best for the Mac users, I promise.

 

There's not too terribly much work to do in Macifying a mod, I don't think. One thing I can think of is that, when you write a file path, use the / instead of the \ to separate directories. Another thing that makes life easier for Mac users when installing the mod is if the .tp2 file is in the mod's main folder, and not buried in a subfolder somewhere. That way, we can copy what's in the main folder to the game folder, then use weidu-mac to open the .tp2 and proceed with installation.

 

Take care,

Eric

[Alinia]

This looks very promising. You seem to be passionate about the project, and that makes for better mods. Plus, the character looks quite interesting.

 

I don't know much french at all, though I wish I did. Best of luck with the completion of the project!